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Umayyad Guardsmen Emirate of Cordoba (Age of Charlemagne)Emirate of Cordoba (Age of Charlemagne) Spear Infantry

Umayyad Guardsmen

These men are trained from youth to be strong, to fight, and to defend at all costs their lord and master.

The personal guard of the Umayyad caliphs, drawn from the ranks of the mamluk slave army and bolstered by foreign mercenaries, was known as the 'hasham'. Captured beyond the caliphate's eastern borders, beyond Transoxiana, the mamluks (or ghilman) were trained in captivity and freed on appointment to the guard. This was for two reasons; freed slaves owed a debt of duty to their former masters and those from outside the caliphate would be far less likely to intrigue or join an insurrection against it. Mamluk forces became the backbone of Islamic military power in the eastern empire, but the Cordoban caliphs of the west augmented their armies with Berbers and native Andalusians (a mix of native Iberian and Visigothic settlers). The proliferation of mamluk soldiers across the Umayyad Caliphate as peacekeepers contributed greatly to its later destabilisation, as commanders were able to levy their loyal mamluks against both rivals and the central authorities alike.

Umayyad Guardsmen

Unit Name

Umayyad Guardsmen

Main Unit Key

cha_mus_umayyad_guardsmen

Land Unit Key

cha_mus_umayyad_guardsmen

Naval Unit Key

cha_transport

Soldiers

160

Category

Melee Infantry

Class

Spear Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

1000

Recruitment Cost

1000

Upkeep Cost

300

Melee Attack

41

Melee Damage

32

├ Melee Weapon

att_spear_heavy

├ Melee Base Damage

24

├ Armour-piercing Damage

8

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

30

├ Attack Against Elephants

30

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

35

Melee Defence

74

├ Base Defence

39

├ Shield

cha_metal_round_small

└ Shield Defence

35

Armour

54

├ Armour

cha_scale

├ Armour Defence

54

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

100

├ Man Entity

cha_infantry_very_heavy

├ Man Health

100

└ Bonus Hit Points

0

Morale

54

Abilities

Umayyad Guardsmen
  • Spear Wall
    The unit moves into close wall formation.

Attributes

  • Expert Charge Defence
    This unit’s melee attack and damage are increased against charging enemies.
  • Disciplined
    This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
  • Encourage
    This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Requires Buildings
Umayyad Guardsmen Lv. 0 Emir's Barracks
Emir's Barracks
(cha_bld_barracks_mus_3)
Level 2